By The SUN
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| Immigration officers conduct HKID checks during one of the recent operations |
After four consecutive days of anti-illegal worker operators that ended yesterday, officers from the Immigration Department and the Hong Kong Police arrested 14 suspects.
Eight of them are believed to be illegal workers, five were employers, and one was an overstayer.
Separately, media reports said five Indonesian women aged 25 to 48 were arrested on Jul 20 on suspicion of violating their conditions of stay during a series of police raids in Wan Chai .
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The suspects reportedly included someone on the wanted list after she jumped bail on an overstaying charge, and failed to report back to the police as part of her bail conditions.
A statement released by Immigration earlier today said the territory-wide operations codenamed "Greenlane", "Lightshadow", "Rally" and "Twilight" carried out from Jul 18 to Jul 21 resulted in five suspected illegal workers and four employers being arrested.
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During the operations, 59 target locations were inspected including a construction site, factories, food and beverage areas, a garbage collection depot, an industrial building, a massage parlour, premises under renovation, a recycling yard, residential buildings, restaurants and a retail shop.
The suspected illegal workers comprised two men and three women, aged 30 to 53. Among them, two women were holders of recognisance forms, which prohibit them from taking any employment.
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The third woman was allegedly found in possession of a
forged
Three men and one woman aged 22 to 61, were suspected of employing the illegal workers and were also arrested.
In a separate operation codenamed "Champion", 27 locations in Eastern District were targeted, including premises under renovation and garbage collection depots.
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Three suspected illegal workers, one employer and one overstayer, were arrested. All held recognizance forms. A man aged 54 was also arrested on suspicion or employing them.
A female overstayer, aged 57, was also arrested.
Immigration warned that visitors who take up illegal employment face a maximum fine of $50,000 and up to two years' imprisonment.
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Illegal immigrants, persons subject to a removal or
deportation order such as those on recognizance, as well as overstayers are
likewise prohibited from taking up jobs in
Those who use or possess a forged HK identity card or one that belongs to another person face even more severe penalties. They could be jailed up to 10 years and ordered a fine of up to $100,000.
The law is even more severe for employers of illegal workers, as they face a fine of up to $500,000 and imprisonment of up to 10 years.
Mere failure to inspect a job applicant’s HKID card or valid travel document could result in an employer being jailed for up to a year and meted a maximum fine of $150,000.
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